Porous broadband antireflection coating by glancing angle deposition

Applied Optics

Volumn 42, Issue 22, 2003, Pages 4573-4579

  Kennedy, Scott R ^a   Brett, Michael J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BROADBAND AMPLIFIERS; MICROSTRUCTURE; REFRACTIVE INDEX; SILICA; THIN FILMS;

GLANCING ANGLE DEPOSITION;

ANTIREFLECTION COATINGS;

EID: 0042882865     PISSN: 1559128X     EISSN: 21553165     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/AO.42.004573     Document Type: Article

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